This Impossible African Dance is Going Viral as the Eskista Challenge

 Ethiopian traditional dance Eskista going viral

Is Ethiopia again under military dictatorship

Organizing peaceful protest is one of the pillars of democratic government, but  PM Abiy's government in Ethiopia is using all types of excuses to deny people their democratic rights to peacefully protest and express their dissatisfaction. If PM Abiy government continues this path, people will start to  revolt. He should not wait till that tipping point and start allowing people their democratic rights for which they have fought. He should learn from other dictators before him that he can not oppress peoples  for long.   People will rise up and fight for their freedom and remove him from power.

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Crazy Trump encourages Egypt to attack Ethiopian Dam

Irresponsible Trump encouraged Egypt to attack Ethiopian Millennium Dam. Threatening a peaceful country  for wanting to develop using its own natural resources is terrorism. Lucky the reason Egypt has not attack Ethiopian Dam is not because they were waiting for the green light from Trump. So it is not that much relevant what Trump says. Trump is just kowtowing to Egypt as a favour so that his friends get more oil contracts. That is what his motivations are, I believe.  Ethiopia has many enemies who want to prevent it from developing but the dam will be completed.

Most Americans  do not like crazy and greedy Trump. That why he lost the popular vote against Hillary  and now behind in polls against Joe. Let us hope  the American people will vote him out of office in the next election and make him one term president.

Investigative journalist Temesgen Desalegn has been released

Temesgen was arrested for exposing  corruption  of those people in power in   the government.  Temesgen is so effective at exposing corruption, many in the government see him as a threat, and he has been arrested and released many times. Ethiopia needs many journalists like him and if he can, I think he should start school of investigative journalism  to train them  how to become effective like him.  fighting corruption is important  because it  hinders progress, and it is the main reason Ethiopia is poor. Tribalism is a form of corruption by the way.

A police commissioner says disregarding court's decision for one or two cases is not a big deal

A police commissioner says  keeping politicians, like Lidetu Ayalew, in jail despite court decision to release them is not a big deal. For one or two  cases you can just disregard court's decision. The Commissioner's answer shows the kinds of corrupt people Abiys government is filled with. Can you build democracy while these kinds of people are in power? Ethiopia has very long way to go.   

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Abiy is becoming a dictator

The Ethiopian  Court ordered   Lidetu Ayalew, an opposition party leader,  to be released from jail, but Prime Minister Abiy  has ignored the  Court's order, and  using his police force,  has continued to keep Mr. Lidetu in prison. This shows that Abiy  is a dictator  and under his leadership Ethiopia can not became a true democratic country.  Democracy is rule of law and justice. If there is no rule of law there is no democracy. PM Abiy must stop abusing his power and release all political prisoners fast before people start to mistrust him.